Reciprocity Committee of 100 in Boston Considers Endorsement
Boston June 20 A special meeting of the Committee of 100 of the Boston chamber of commerce voted to appoint a committee of 11 to report on further action toward endorsing a candidate for state office pledged to reciprocity and tariff revision. The group adopted a declaration urging tariff reform and free lists for coal iron ore lumber and wood pulp with broader duties reduced on manufactured goods.
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Boston
Committee of 100
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Germany
New Foundland
Dominion of Canada
Roosevalt
Congress
Republican Party
Thompson Gets Light Penalty After Mail Fraud Indictment
Concord New Hampshire June 20 Arthur A Thompson once indicted in 1898 for using the mails for fraud was arraigned after recent capture in Sacramento California The court awarded a lighter penalty citing good conduct and he must pay 100 and serve sixty days in jail Fernando Chaffee faced improper use of mails and threats to a manager at a Lisbon firm He offered no defense and was ordered to the New Hampshire state hospital for sanity examination.
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Concord
N. H
Arthur A. Thompson
Sacramento
Calif
United States District Court
Edgar Aldrich
Thompson
Fernando Chaffee
Lisbon
Aldrich
New Hampshire State Hospital
Seniors Turn Over Step duties to Mount Holyoke Juniors
In South Hadley on June 20 the Mount Holyoke College seniors formally transfer the right to occupy Williston hall steps to the juniors. Dressed in caps and gowns, the two classes processed from the grove, with Edith Dunton of Bangor reading the senior will bequeathing privileges to the juniors and Elizabeth Petee of Auburndale delivering final instructions. The ceremony concluded with joint college songs and both classes singing.
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South Hadley
Mount Holyoke College
Williston Hall
Grove
Williston Steps
Edith Dunton
Bangor
Elizabeth Petee
Auburndale
Farce Session as Council Delivers Chaotic Auditor Vote
A Lowell city council meeting degenerated into farce led by Councilmen Hayes and Cheney as they disrupted proceedings to elect an auditor. Charles D. Paige won the vote over Z. W. Sturtevant as President Dodge kept order. the session adjourned after chaotic scenes and a tense vote.
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Hayes
Cheney
Dodge
Charles D. Paige
Z. W. Sturtevant
Crosby
McIntyre
Paige
Sturtevant
Allard
Baldwin
Blake
Carr
Cronan
D. J. Donohue
Fleming
Mahoney
Mayberry
McMahon
Read
Wilder
Clough
J. W. Daly
J. A. Daly
John Donohue
Leach
Marcotte
McAloon
Morse
Shea
White
Alderman Allen
Bowers Street
Atherton
Water Board
Lowell
Tewksbury
Board of Alderman
D. J. Donoghue
Clarence Mees er removed from office by Roosevelt in Philadelphia
Clarence Meeser was removed from his post as deputy collector of internal revenue at Philadelphia by President Roosevelt following a Civil Service Commission investigation. Meeser had previously worked as a clerk in the Copyright Department of the Congressional Library and was linked to the Salter election frauds.
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Washington
Clarence Meeser
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Philadelphia
Meeser
Copyright Department
Congressional Library
Salter
Civil Service Commission
Meeser Scrutiny Ties Salter Ballot Fraud Case
Civil Service Commissioners Cooley and Green arrived in Philadelphia on instructions from President Roosevelt to probe Clarence Meeser’s ties to the Salter case. Salter and Meeser and several others faced flagrant ballot box fraud charges, fled, were tried, and most were acquitted though one conspirator pleaded guilty. Also examined was Mrs. Eleanor Park who testified for Salter and later received a Mint position in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Civil Service
Cooley and Green
Roosevelt
Clarence Meeser
Salter
Meeser
Weaver
Messrs
Eleanor Park
Salterd Meeser
U. S. Mint
Nickel Plate Offers Low Round Trip Fares to Pacific Coast
Nickel Plate Road announces very low round trip rates to Portland and other Pacific Coast points. Tickets on sale daily to Portland and return for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and on select June July and August dates to San Francisco and Los Angeles and return for various national conventions. For details contact L P Burgess A E P A Old South Building Boston 83.
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Nickel Plate Road
Portland
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
L. P. Burgess
Old South Bidg
Boston
Fourth of July Seats Rejected Over Expense
The July 4 committee at city hall discussed seating for the fireworks but opposed money spent on ground seats. Aldermen Rourke and Walker voted against them 3 to 2. St Anne’s chimes to ring on July 4 and Company C to fire salutes. St Patrick’s chimes not yet in place. Adjournment to next Tuesday night.
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Marshal Hubbard
Hubbard
Rourke
Walker
St. Anne's
Company C
St. Patrick’s
Lowell Boy Offered Panama Government Stenographer Post
Thomas R. Riley of Lowell Massachusetts, aged 18, passed the national civil service exam for stenographers and typewriters and received a Washington telegram offering immediate Isthmian Canal Affairs service in Panama as a stenographer at 1500 dollars per year with free transport New York to Colon. Riley is the son of John F. Riley, educated in Lowell public schools, and now works as a stenographer while studying law.
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Thomas R. Riley
Lowell
Bureau of Isthmian Canal Affairs
National Civil Service
Boston
Washington
Mass
Isthmus
Panama
New York
Colon
Pepperman
Mr. Riley
John F. Riley
Massachusetts Mills
Lowell Business College
James F. Owens
Police Board Revokes Minor Licenses In City
At a regular meeting the police board revoked pool and billiards licenses for Ready & Ward of Gorham street and William Relation at 746 Gorham street, and one common victualler license held by Louise McCabe at 98 John street. Several licenses were renewed or listed for action, with notices of common victuallers and hawker pedlar licenses including multiple local addresses. The record includes a Puck cartoon caption.
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Police Board
Common Victuallers
Thos. Jewetl
Fletcher Street
James Hanley
Jewett Street
Margaret Gallagher
Gorham Street
Mary Fitzgibbons
E. R. Williams
Central Street
Hattie Glover
Lawrence Street
Catherine E. Sea
Tyler Street
Louise McCabe
Dutton Street
Hawker
Treffle and Laporte
Stevens Street
R. D. Coburn
Dracut
John Wajda
Front Street
Pool and Billiards
John F. Carney
Ready & Ward
Gorhamtreet
William Relation
Common Victualler
John Street
The Price And The Quality Forest Mills Union Suits
The White Store offers Forest Mills fine cotton union suits trimmed with silk. Low neck sleeveless knee length. 1.00 grade garments with broken regulars and outsizes. Also dollar waist patterns in stock Thursday. Richelieu ribbed hose for women in black or tan with double soles. Location 114 Merrimack Street.
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Forest Mills
Richelieu
Purchasing Agents for Panama Supplies
Washington news reports Chas. Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission naming four assistant purchasing agents Alfred Anderson in New York S F Redfern in New Orleans Major Carol A Devol in San Francisco and N H Haramen in Tacoma Advertisements will run simultaneously in leading newspapers nationwide to avoid port bias and ensure fair access to procurement opportunities.
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Washington
Chas. Shonts
The
Isthmian Canal Commission Today
Alfred Anderson
New York
S. F. Redfern
New Orleans
Carol A. Devol
San Francisco
N. H. Haramen
Tacoma
Prospects of Peace in Chicago Improve as Strike Eases
Chicago June 21 The teamsters strike showed signs of peace with employers and workers ready to meet on a more conciliatory footing than before A mass meeting of teamsters was planned to gauge rank and file sentiment on accepting the employers terms The notice ends with an advertisement for ham mocks and ice cream freezers at Dick son s Tea Store 68 Merrimack Street.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Dickson’s Tea Store
Merrimack Street
Schwab Says U S Will Help Build Russian Ships
New York June 20 Charles M Schwab of Bethlehem Steel Corporation stated the United States will be well represented in the building of Russian ships. He urged confidence in the ongoing cooperation and remarked that the statement may be trusted.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
United States
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F.H. Pearson CO
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Lothrop & Cunningham
CD. Paige
Ing
Sion
Mr. Sturtevant
the Common Council
City Hall
Lowell Boy
Puck
A. G. Pollard & CO
Bargain Basement
New England
Ford Batiste
American House
Edward E. Dammers
Westminster St
Providence
Broad St
Newark
N. J
America
Sapolio
U. S
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